Amusement device



Patented'. Dec. 22, 1925.Y i

' Biafra Honvnrirnin yJOHN rnrzrnrg for i'rn'u'r Rooi-rianne, NEW `Yoan. f

f Application,'filed` January 12h-1924:.` Serial 110.685,8015 f: 1'

Toy YaZZiu/iom may concern.' f Y Be itknown thatwe, BELA HoRvA'rHzand JOHN PETZ PAPP, citizens of Czechoslovakia" and the United States, respectively, and residents of. New Rochelle, in thecount'of Westchester andStateof l\TeW,^York,v ave invented certainfnew and useful Improve; ments in Amusement Devices, ofwhlch the are automatically actuated to serve as tarfeatures of 'f specified, embodying ymechanismrby which likeness or representations of animals lor other objects are made automatically to appear and disappear either for afordinga practice target for sportsmenor marksmen 'i speciiied, adapted to be used at fairs and summer resorts, in shootingl galleries, ,entertainmenthalls and other places of public amusement. i Y

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a device of the vmentionedcharacably employ teristics which may be operated with a minimum use of outside energy showing a -well balanced and ,even running and yvery little resistances andv losses, frictional or otherwise... f With these and other, objects in view, our invention embodies the peculiar y construction and*v novel 'arrangement of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claimsj l The. figure in the accompanying drawing represents a vfront perspective View of a device constructed in `accordance with our invention, the device beingishown ina diagrammatic manner and without any Vcasing o r protecting sheathing in` .order to exhibit fully the internal mechanism. A f

In carrying out our invention,.we preferas primary supporting frame parts 'the side uprights 5 ywhich have their lower ends bent outwardlyA at langlesto.a constitute feet 6. `In practicewe employ so,-

many ofv these uprightsasmay. be` necessary ,y for ythe firm and adequate/.support of the.

structure, the same: beingv arranged in Ycircular series or order', butfnrthe'pres'ent drawing weshow but two of these?,'uprightswhichy y are'connectedadjacent thefeetby across- Y piece'7 and adistancethereabove by acrossy piece 8. a Adjacent their top ends, thesezuprights arel furnishedf with; inwardly -projecting ,angular brackets w9. between'iwhi'ch `is' fiXedly supported a: vertical ringV plate or track 10, thereby securely connecting thel top portions of the uprights, ,-1.

-Secured toy the cross-piece length, is a'vertic'al bearingll, inwhichlis journaled the llower end of avertical 'shaft 7, midway itsy vl2. The cross-piece 8 ,is also provided with :i f

ay bearing 13' for thek vertical shaft `12 vwhich continues upwardly .for the supportof la saddle' plate 14 made with `-oppositely directed arms vx15 each carryinga vertical guide blocklG. A distance above the bearing 13,

a belt pulley 17 yis Vloosely mounted onthe vertical shaft 12'.'` This Ibelt pulleyis provided on the one side with equi-spacedfradially projecting arms 18, towthe outer. Aends f of which -is secured a cam ring or traclst19,v

having'spaced depending hangers20 carrying flanged rollers 21 which aresupported upon a verticalring plate ory track 22, fsecured on the cross-piece.8.,y The-cam track 19 is thusmounted torotate upon ringwtrack 22 and about' the vertical" shaft 12,;which serves as an axisand' which, as will hereinafter appear,- isV independently rotated.

.23` denotes4` ascenic ring yfrom which all around projects upwardly an'irregular or jaggedformationv24fin imitation of a land-` scape or other' scenic views, the formation 2li f being exteriorly painted or otherwise ornamented 'torepresent rocksf,hills, woodland or other scenery. Thisfscenic ring`23 is provided with spaced-apart depending for rotation'at the topk of the-structure.v 'p

VvEngaged in each of the guide-blocksv 16 is 'a vertical reciprocating bar; 27 provided at stud or shaft 28, carryingia heavywheel 29, Y relatively large insize as shown, with out-V locsv its lower :end vwit-han outwardlydirected v bulging sides and having flanges to travel Y upon the cam track 19. It will be observed that the pantsffare'so-'arranged that the top ends :of the reciprocating kbars 1217 come interiorly ofthe scenic. ring 23 and that to the topyend of eachof these bars there is secured for Swinging'movement upon a. pivot stud 3() the likeness or representation4V jot/ an animal 3l. In order to swing each of the animals on its axis to'fgivegetf'ect oa jump-v ing .or leaping movement, we employ a connecting or .piitmanjrod .132. 'which 4pi-veta-ity Y Yconnects the symbolriogf fthe animal with the -wl'ieel-"QQy immediately bellow. Now., the ring cam t9 :is :made witha deep indenture it'o provideV a low: edfgefor V.track 33 from wliich 1 onA :one a'sidewi's fa slow incline ltwle'ading Vto the high-edge 35, sand -on the other vtsid'e an abraptfdesc'erit 36, y'leading trom the :high edge-,aso 'that when :the vertical gsha'fzt fis zrotatedfthe wheels '2Q-'will :travel vupon the f y cam-"ftrackf rising'A and z falling 'asi they ".trav'- ersefthefhigh'fand lowedges'of the track.

. alsogpreserve and "distribute 'the :compara tively small moinent-uimsgiven ourvstiaicture by he outside source fot' energy, "and they will Einfip'art ain even,sufsta1ned and #easy 1motation'lof `tihe vertical vshafts :112, they'are swungpn ytheiraxes because of :thefrotatien of thevheels 29, and they farefel'evated and The' vertical 'shattl is provided with a bevel gear 3l-T which :is'diniven by a b'evel gearBS-on "anshaltfi of the electric motor d0. The motor shaft-39 v"on its sopposite end,

`gear in mesh with another bevel gear 42, -f'ast onthe end' of a vertical 'sha-ft 43 operatively held in A"bepz'ujifngs 44 'and 45 supported troman-upright '5. Y The eamitrack wheel .11? within, fpuiliey v1LT-fasten:the statt 43, and it will-be noted in tlris vconflec'tion that lbecause of 'the arrangeme-izit' of the 'bevel gears thee-calm tra-'ck 19 r-vwill 1 be dlriven -in a "direction Opposite to' 'that given rto the vertical lshaft :12. vThe scenic ring 523 Vis provided with 'a relatively thick periphery 4.8 with which Za friction disc-49 'engages'for :the purpose 'ef imparting rotary -movement i y to this ring. The-ri'eti'onfdisk 49 issecured Ito rife .upper end :off-'the veit'ical sha-itt 43. .The vertical shaft .122, 'the foam iitiia'ci; @1I-9- and the seeiiieriiifgias arafthferefore, all driven V'riiea'r'is -or supporting them,""of va vertical :sh-aft arranged centrally of the cam ring and provided with arms above .'rsaid -cam ring, .guide 'blocks carried by said arms, wheeled bars having reciprocating movement* r'rin said' vguide 'iblo'cks 1 th'e wheels for lsalfd bars fbein'g-v comparative;

1y 'heavy and adapted- @to travel saidY ca-m ring, the upper ends of rsaidgbaris er# ten-dingpnteriorly or said scenic ring 'an providedwithpvotallyfengaged animali-rep# resen'tations, pitm'an 'connections between said wheels and said 'animalv representations to swing the latter 'onrtheilr iaXesiwShen-said wheels revolve on :the foam ring, and means for rotating vvsaid vertical shaft; 12. VIn* an an'iusement device,- the combina--A tifonof "a cam ring and ascenic 'ring and means iter 'reta'tablysupporting them, a verti'cal shaft arranged centrally oliY the ca/m ring and provided with arms 'thereabova guide Ibl'ocks :carried by saidfarms, bars "engaged-:iin said blocks 'for vertical reciprocating movements, :ianaged wheelsfcarriedfbly saidbarszand engaged with said cam :ringt'o travel thereon, anim-al symbols pivotailly i engaged with the upperendsofsaid 'barsllinteriorl'y fof fthe Ascenic ring, pi-tman fc'onlnecf tions :ibe-twe'en'said Wheels and said symbols to swing the latter on their-:axes whenfsaid wheels rotate up'e'n the'lcamfring, a'nd means `lfor f'driving said cam ring, fsa-id scenic ring, and fsa-id vertical shafft. y

'8. Inian amusementfdeviee, 'the combination with upper :and lower track rings 'and means for supporting'them, I'oiflaWheeled vearn ring rotatably mounted upon 'th'ellower track ring, av wheeled scenic-ring rotatably mounted upon the upper track ring, a vvertical shaft :arranged centrally 'off 'the cam ring and'provided with 'arms thereabove, guide blo'ekslcar'ri'ed V by saidiarins, bars'ien-Y gaged iin said blocks for vertical reci-'precating movements, flanged wheels carried `by said bars andeng'aged on said 'cam ringr to travel thereon, symbolicf characters pivote-ily engaged with the upper end-s of Esaid, bars interior-ly "of the/scenic 'ri-ng, pitman lcon# nections between said wheels andy said sjfyniV` 'bolicvcharacters' to vswingthe llast; mentioned i onf their axes when said wheels .rotateupon the icam rling, and means lfo-r independently rotating said cam 'firing said scenic rin-g and 'said verticalfslia. Y 1 '4. fan amusement device, Ithe vcol'nlloin'ation with a scenicrinlgfof-a y'cam ring Ilfno'llnted rotation Sin' v'axial .relation Ethere'loelow, a verticali/shaft*.supported for `iet;ati/(1m een; trairy I'of :the @am ringe-11rd previdei "with arms thereabove, guide blocks carried by said arms, bars engaged in saidy blocks for vertical recirocating movements, the upper f ends of sai bars extending interiorly of 5 said scenic ring, flanged wheels carried by said bars and engaged with said cam yring to rotate thereon, symbolic characters pivotally mounted upon the upper ends of said bars, pitman connections between said sym-v 10 bolic characters and said wheels to swing said.Y symbolick characters upon their 'axes f when said wheels rotate, and means for drivday ofvDecember A. D. 1923..

l BELA HORVATH.- JOHN PETZ PAPP,

New York and State of New York this22nd 

